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MECN’s New Study Analyzes Market Development After Decisions By State Treaty On Gambling, Placanica, German Federal Constitutional Court

MECN’s management consultants have just completed a new study analyzing the development of the German betting and lottery market following the Federal Constitutional Court’s decision, the state treaty on gambling, and the ECJ’s decision in the Placanica case. A key result of the market expert survey and the detailed analysis of MECN is that the industry relies on the revision of state treaties on gambling and market opening.

Recent months have seen very big events in betting and lottery markets in Germany as well as around the world. The latest list of events includes decisions by the Federal Constitutional Court, drafting a new state treaty on gambling, decisions and actions by the European Court of Justice and the European Commission, banning online gambling in the United States, and arresting several CEOs from prominent internet gambling providers. “The current situation necessarily requires a detailed analysis of the future of the German betting and lottery markets,” says Martin Oelberman, MECN’s partner

The study is based primarily on the results of a market expert survey conducted in the spring of 2007. Here are some of the most important findings of the study:

Online poker offers great potential – the online poker site now benefits from poker’s euphoria in Germany, and is one of the biggest companies in the German gambling market for future growth, according to the experts surveyed.

Liberalization from 2012 – the current state treaty on gambling expires in four years. Many market experts believe that when this period expires, the German gambling market will liberalize in at least some sectors starting in 2012.

A revised version of the national treaty on gambling is expected. Experts in the survey believe there is likely to be a revised version of the national treaty.

75% of experts surveyed believe one of the most likely amendments to the gambling treaty will continue to allow internet lottery retailers like Tip24 and Fluxx to operate. In particular, they believe Tip24 and Fluxx are unlikely to be banned from business, especially since it is an unusually harsh measure against previously permitted and actually promoted business models.

Gambling advertisements are allowed in team uniforms and stadiums – More than half of the experts in the survey think that the strict ban on gambling advertisements in team uniforms and stadiums will be withdrawn. Eventually, the ban will significantly reduce coverage of international sporting events. For example, German TV viewers would have missed the handball world championship final (BWin sponsored for the Polish national team), and Germans would have to travel abroad to watch the Champions League match (BWin sponsored for the Polish team), between FC Bayern and AC Milan.

The decision in the Placanica case cannot simply apply to the German market, and the ECJ decision in the Placanica case cannot be applied directly to the German market due to differences in the Italian and German gambling markets. 안전한 카지노사이트